Connexions Gallery is collecting clothes and donated items for the victims. Gallery curator/manager Anthony Marraccini said the store at 213 Northampton St. is closed today and Wednesday, but you can drop off donated items at the nearby office of state Rep. Robert Freeman, D-Northampton, until it opens.

Marraccini said people have already donated bedding, clothing, shoes, money and gift cards for grocery stores. He plans to meet with Louis Garcia, Gonzalez's boyfriend, Wednesday afternoon and get a better sense of the family's needs, he said.

His friend artist Susan Huxley is their neighbor, he said, and he knew he would help her. He figured "Why not help anybody in that situation?" he said.

"We should all look out for each other," Marraccini said. "That's the nature of the word community."